The Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association withdrew its strike eight hours after it had called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning protesting against a Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 recent eviction drive in Naogaon...
Dimuth Karunaratne said he had fulfilled a childhood dream after the Sri Lanka opener announced that his 100th Test, against Australia starting Thursday, will be his last.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...
A section of Grameenphone鈥檚 former employees gathered in front of the telecom operator鈥檚 head office on Tuesday, demanding collection of a 5-per cent share of the company鈥檚 profits and delay penalties...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday called for a permanent ban on the law enforcement agencies鈥� authority to open fire on any political programmes and protests...
Five per cent of people suffers from sort of intestinal disorders daily in Bangladesh due to unsafe food consumption, said food secretary Md Masudul Hasan on Sunday...
Several hundred of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime, ousted in August 2024, staged a demonstration in front of the High Court on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
The students of Government Titumir College in Dhaka blocked the road in front of the college for the third consecutive day and continued their hunger strike for the fourth day on Saturday demanding the...
Hundreds of people attended a protest near Egypt鈥檚 border with Gaza on Friday against a plan floated by US president Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan, Egyptian media reported.
Incessant afternoon rain forced an early end to day three of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Friday, with the visitors leading by 518 and former home skipper Dinesh Chandimal waging a lone battle on 63.
Australia had Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman Khawaja's first double century and a ton on debut by Josh Inglis helped the tourists to 654-6 declared in the first match on Thursday.
Local people on Wednesday blocked the road at Rampura in the capital Dhaka, by stopping a Ramzan Paribahan bus to protest at the death of 15-year-old Sajid Hossain, who was killed in a bus accident on Saturday...
Steve Smith stood unbeaten on 104 after crossing 10,000 Test runs and helped Australia pummel Sri Lanka alongside fellow centurion Usman Khawaja on day one of the opening Test on Wednesday.
Awami League will no way be allowed to hold protests unless it apologises for massacres, corruption and separates itself from its current leadership and its fascist ideology, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam has said...
Australia's Steve Smith joined a select group of batsmen to reach 10,000 Test runs on Wednesday during the first morning of the opening Test against Sri Lanka.
The Awami League has announced a month-long demonstration, including leaflet distribution, protest rallies and processions, blockades, and general strike throughout February demanding the resignation of interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus...
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent...
Australian batting great Steve Smith begins a tour of Sri Lanka just one short of entering the elite club of 10,000 Test runs ahead of Wednesday's opening match in Galle.
West Indies bowler Jomel Warrican dominated his team's first victory over Pakistan in nearly 35 years on Monday, with skipper Kraigg Brathwaite labelling it an 鈥榦utstanding鈥� performance.
Spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets as the West Indies won a Test match in Pakistan Monday for the first time in nearly 35 years.
The students of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges blocked the Science Laboratory crossing Sunday evening to press home their five demands, including the abolition of unreasonable quota in admission tests...
Kevin Sinclair led a West Indian spin trio to give the tourists a sniff of a series-levelling win in the second Test Sunday with Pakistan on the ropes at 76-4 after day two in Multan.
Journalists, officials and employees of Bangla newspaper 鈥楤horer Kagoj鈥� staged protests in front of its office at Malibagh in Dhaka on Saturday, demanding an explanation from its management for its sudden closure and the settlement of their dues...
The admission test for the undergraduate programme of the Arts, Law, and Social Science unit of Dhaka University under the 2024-2025 academic session was held on Saturday....
The West Indies gained a slender nine-run lead over Pakistan Saturday as spinners dominated the opening day of the second Test in Multan, with Noman Ali achieving a hat trick for the home side.
A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Monday blocked the Banani road bringing traffic to a standstill in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali area, causing immense suffering to the commuters in the city...
BEFORE 2024, such unprecedented public protests against the Awami League government would hardly have occurred. However, people have taken to the streets, and a key reason for this, I think, is the deteriorating economy. A worsening dollar crisis and liquidity crunch pushed Bangladesh to seek early financial assistance from the...
Students from several institutions, including Dhaka Medical College, on Monday demanded the cancellation of medical admission test results published on Sunday.
The government on Sunday published the admission test results of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery where girls outshone boys...
Left-leaning political activists on Sunday protested at distorting graffiti of freedom fighter and Maoist leader Sirajul Huq Sikder, better known as Siraj Sikder, on a wall at Dhaka University...